Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-10

From our Regular Correspondents
Madison Matters.
MADISON. Wis, February ;. The
Legislature has been engaged during
the past week with two Sights, that have
furnished the gossip Of the day the
Tomahawk ard Tate.McCarn fight.
The Tomahawk hght was caused by an
attempt 10 repeal certain portion Of
the charter Of the Wisconsin River I'm
provemeut Company This company
obtained charter from the State in
1858, for the purpose Of improving the
Wisconsin river from Point Boss for
the purpose Of navigation only. The
company was formed by men who had
lGmbering interests along the Ever, and
wished to make the river better forshe
nqatirg Of logs, etc. The company
made TIE charging OF tolls no object of
leading Importance and never yielded
but one dividend FROM tolls. The main
object was 10 better the river for the
benefit Of all concerned in the lumber
business The Tomahawk Land and
Boom company formed a few years
ago, for the purpose q getting better
capacity for logging, had bin intro
duced ilto the Assembly TO permit the
Tomahawkers TO construct dam in tho
Wisconsin river in Lincoln county, Just
below it's junction with the Tomahawk.
The improvement men claimed at once
that this would be arepealo Of their char
ter, as the bill forbade them to build
dam within three townships OF Toma-
hawk dam. The Tomahawkers said il
was not q repeal, as they only wished
to construct dam there for the pur-
pose Of putting up mills anGAbulding a
town, taat they did not interfere with
navigation or logging The improve
ment men have mills all the way from
Wausau aad Merrill down to Grand
Rapids, and use tho current Of the river
to float their logs upon. The ST. Paul
Railway Company owns tifly-ono per
cent. Of tue capital stock Of the Toma-
hawk, and secured It two YEARS ago 60
enable itself to protect the interests of
its patrons The amount of freightago
received over that line of the road
amounts to 1ne-third Of the aggregate.
sum paid in the market by consumers
for articles received from that country.
Mr.. w II. Bradbury, Of Milwaukee,
owns 5,000,000 feet Of lumber above tho
site Of the proposed dam, and the rail
road men also wish dam there in order
to start town. Fully eighty-hve per
cent. of the timber now lies north Of the
site Of the proposed dam, and rs The
milling and booming capacity at Merrill,
Wausau, Stevens Paint and Grand Rap
ids is about filled up, Mr. Bradley and
the Tomabawk men claim that they are
entitled TO dam there, in order to Get
at their timber A compromise was at
last hit upon which allows the Toma-
hawkers to build the dam and booms,
and make the dam twelve feet high, SO
that they can get the eight feet Of water
that they deserve and have four feet to
spare every time they require il 10 float
their logs over the dam; also that tbe
improvement men viii not be sallowed
to charge over two cents per 200 feet
for logs foated on such flooding This
will doubtless beoomoa satisfactory sell
Element of the quarrel s.
THE rATE-Mc'cANN FIGHT.
The ASSEMBLE committee on privileges
and elections reported back TO the AS
scmbly, last week, ID th5 Tate. McCann
contest, that Tate had prima faelc
right 10 the Richlaud county seat in the
Assembly. and accordingly Tate was
sworn in IN Wednesday, McCanu
tbereupon fled his reason why Tate
should not be seated which was that
the ballots IN the Town Of Ithaca had
been burnod on the night after election.
Tie ease will meet the further consid-
Grafton Of The Assembly This week.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Among lheimportant bills introduced
into he Assembly last week was one TO
exempt all honorab'y discharged Union
veterans from the payment oGapolltaA.
Senator Scholield provides for the divis-
ion Of the state into three distriots.al8ng
the fsh!ag regions Of thGlakes, for The
more efficient protection Of the white
fish. Ii provides That the Governor
shall appoint three commissioner,
whose duty il shall be u inspect all nets
used by the fishermen along holakes,
and whose term Of office shall bo two
years II also provides hat any person
who shall DO found shipping from the
State any white fsh q less than one
and one-half pounds weight can be
punished by q fine reaching $40 and
that any person who shall interfere with
the fish il the spsyniug season, or who
has IN his possession 100 pounds 81
white fish Of less than the above sze,
except as IN manner prescribed by The
Fish Commissioners Of the State, can br
fined heavily. Bills for the payment a
parties for injuries sustained a lho fall
ing Of the capitol were also introduced
A bill for .he appropriation q Sionoo
10 Lorenzo Sackelt. 81 Milwaukee. was
introduced BY Mr. Wcchselbcrg Sack
cit obtained a charter permitting him
10 construct a plank road from Wauwa
tosa 10 Milwaukee lover twenty-five
years ago.; be constructed the road,
and two years later The charter was re-
pealed, and Sackett only $1,000 dam
az. s from the state and now claims
$40 900 as Just remuneration for his
loss. Mr.. Wcchselberg also introduced
a bin to appropriate to Maria Kunple,
OF Bay View, the wife Of the man who
was killed by the militia accident Lass
MAY. the sum Of $1,000.
Agents are wanted 10 sell the Schultz
German compounds Those who woula